Resilient wheel.



J. &' G. REUSE.

RBSILIBNT WHEEL.

rum-r10! mm) mm. 14, 1908.

Patented May 11, 1909.

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nruuumn mum MAR. 14, 190B.

' Patented May 11, 1909.

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J. 5; G. REUSB.

RESILIENT WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 14, 1908.

Patented May 11, 1909.

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w, r/vzs 555 of damaging .bolt '01: rodflfixed to-the extremit terial upon the small blocks at a time, has the result of hardening UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEAN REUBE AND CHARLES REUSE, OF HAL, BELGIUM.

REBILIENT WHEEL.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented May 1 1, 1909.

Application filed larch 14, 1908. 801181170. 421,071.

vented new and useful Improvements in 116- i silient Wheels, of which the following is a specification, v

This invention relates to resilient wheels not requiring pneumatic tires and in which the resilient members are interposed be- Itween the rim and the spokes or their equivaout.

The known arrangements in which india rubber is employed as the elastic member generally act by the crushing of the. india rubber which not only does not ive very great elasticity but-also resents t e defect t e india ru her and of depriving it of its elasticity after it hasbeen in use for some time. Thisis the case in particular when .the elastic m'emberis constituted by a c lindrical block of indie-rubber resting upon t 'e rim or a part solid with therim and through'the center of which there pasfsesh'a o t 0 spoke. Wheneach of the spokes o a wheel is provided with a device of this kind the load and the vibration are distributed among all the blocks of india rubberbut upon one half only of the thickness of each of these blocks and the continual crushing of the mapart of each .of the it and also of enlarging the o ening serving for the reception of the fixin bolt.

The present invention has or its object an arran ement which obviates these defects by distri ting the load and the vibration over the whole of all the indie rubber blocks and acting, notQby crus but'rather by deformation and compression of the blocks as a whole.

The invention includes the features of construction and arrangement and combination of lparts hereinafter described'and particulai y set forth in the appended claims.

A wheel constructed in accordance with the present invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing, in which z'- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the wheel. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the lure A-'-A of Fig. 1, the three lower s okes beln represented before being fitte with their 1nd1a rubber blocks. Fig. 2 is a similar view to Fig. 2 illustrating a modified. construction.

g Fig. 3 is a front elevation, and Fig. 4 is a ver- 3 tical section on the line B B in Fig. 3 i through the upper half of the rim and the 1 boxes or casings integral therewith. Fig. 5 is a front elevation, and Fig. 6 is a vertical i section on the line CC in Fig. 5 through the lower half of the hub with its spokes and the frames or casings integral with them. Figs. 7, 8, 9 and 10 illustrate various forms of blocks which may be adopted. Figs. 11 and 12 are views on a larger scale, in vertical sec tion and front elevation res ectively, of the extremity of a spoke and o the cones 0ndin part of the rim connected one wit the ot er b -.a block of india rubber the lower part 0 y of which is provided with pins.

In these figures a is the hub of the wheel to which there are fixed by bolts 0 the spokes formed by two metal lates b 6, between which there is fixed a lock of wood (2 extending from the hub ap roximately half way along the s oke. The ee-extremities of the plates 6 en in the form of circles or circular frames or casings '0 between which are arranged circular boxes or casings f of the same internal diameter which boxes are integral with the rim g. The latter is lprovided externally with a solid indie-rub er or a metal tire h. p

The extremitiesof the spokes are connected one with the other by circles '11 which add to the rigidity of the whole structure. The spokes ma be formed with one or-more "intermediate tes or branches r (Fig. 2) likewise provlded, with frames or casmgls e t on 4 and the boxes or casings f on the rim are formed in two or more; parallel sections, separated b. spaces in which the intermediate frames 0 the spokes are located.

When the spokes are arranged. in place in the rim in such a manner that the openings in their frames ficorresp'ond with those in the boxes f on th rim, india rubber blocks 3' of cylindrical or'other appropriate form are introduced into these opegings, their extrenuties coming flush with t e outer edges of the two frames of each spoke in such a manner as to key the spokes an the together.

.As shown more clc m FlgS. 7, 8 9 and 10, these indiarubbe locks are preferably formed with longitudinal grooves 7c in their peri her; for the reception of pins 1 between the 10c and the inner of the frames and of'the box. Th ms'l may or may not be provided with h and w th a nut o screwed upon their free extremity after the have been placed in position. When the pins are not provided with heads covers may be fixed against the outer edges of thefranivs a. r

The blocks may he solid or provided withi; an opening at the center or with several.

openings 1: arranged symmetrically, of air-1x l 8 and 9 or into any other appropriate 'form. The ronstruetional details of the spokes and of the rim may obviously Vary without departing from the principle of the invention. What we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is m 1. In a resilient wheel, the combination with the rim and spokes, of casings integral with the rim, casings integral with the spokes, india rubber blocks fitted in openings in the rim casings and also in openings in the spoke casings, the said blocks keying the rim and spokes together and ins arranged at intervals between the bloc and the Walls of the openings in the rim casings and spoke casings.

eular star or other shape. Their periphe H may also be cut star shape as shown In F" L 2. 1n irjresilient wheel, the combination with the rim and spokes, of casings open on Lboth sides integral with the rim, and casings open on both sides integral with the spokes, india rubber blocks formed with longitudinal openings fitted in the openings in the rim easings and also in the openings in the spoke easings and pins arranged at intervals between the blocks and the inner walls of the rim easings'and spoke casings.

3. h resilient wheel comprising a rim and spokes, india-rubber blocks keying the parts together, and -pinsinserted. at intervals be tween each block and the said parts, and said )ins extending transversely of the wheel and iloing ofsubstantially the same length as the rubber bloeks substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two sul'rsc-rihing witnesses.

' JEAN REUSE.

CHARLES HEUSE. \Vitnesses H. '1; E. KIRKPATRICK. AD. VOGEL. 

